In-flight performance of the broadband x-ray telescope

Robert Petre; Peter J. Serlemitsos; F. E. Marshall; Keith Jahoda; Hideyo Kunieda

doi:10.1117/12.51235

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1 January 1992 In-flight performance of the broadband x-ray telescope

Robert Petre, Peter J. Serlemitsos, F. E. Marshall, Keith Jahoda, Hideyo Kunieda

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Proceedings Volume 1546, Multilayer and Grazing Incidence X-Ray/EUV Optics; (1992) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.51235
Event: San Diego, '91, 1991, San Diego, CA, United States

Abstract

The Broad-Band X-Ray Telescope (BBXRT) was designed to carry out moderate resolution spectrophotometry of cosmic X-ray sources in the 0.3-12 keV band from the Space Shuttle. It consists of a pair of coaligned conical foil telescopes, with cryogenically cooled Si(Li) spectrometers as focal instruments. It was flown as part of the Astro-1 mission in December, 1990. The in-flight performance of the instrument was essentially as predicted on the basis of ground calibration and modelling. We discuss the performance of the system, with emphasis on the conical mirror systems, and present some preliminary scientific results which illustrate the power of broad band, high sensitivity X-ray spectrophotometry.

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Robert Petre, Peter J. Serlemitsos, F. E. Marshall, Keith Jahoda, and Hideyo Kunieda "In-flight performance of the broadband x-ray telescope", Proc. SPIE 1546, Multilayer and Grazing Incidence X-Ray/EUV Optics, (1 January 1992); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.51235

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